Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Joseph B. Treaster will present a public lecture, “The Worldwide Water Crisis,” on Wednesday, September 26, at 7 p.m. in Donahue Auditorium. Treaster is a specialist on the environment, the evolution of journalism in America in the age of the Internet, and social media. He holds an endowed chair at the University of Miami in cross-cultural communication and is the editor of OneWater.org. He also writes a weekly column, “Water and the World,” for HuffingtonPost.com, True/Slant.com, and other websites.

Treaster’s visit is sponsored by the Tim Russert Department of Communication and Theatre Arts, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the Council of Independent Colleges.